brooch

See also: Brooch

English

Etymology

Variant of broach.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɹəʊtʃ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) enPR: brōch, IPA(key): /bɹoʊt͡ʃ/, /bɹuːt͡ʃ/[1][2][3]
  • Rhymes: -əʊtʃ, -uːtʃ
  • Homophone: broach

Noun

brooch (plural brooches)

  1. A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
    Synonym: breastpin
    Hypernym: pin
  2. A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

brooch (third-person singular simple present brooches, present participle brooching, simple past and past participle brooched)

  1. (transitive) To adorn as with a brooch.

References
  1. “brooch”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. On Language; Broaching the Telltale Brooch, William Safire, New York Times
  3. The Grammarphobia Blog: On brooch, broach, and broccoli

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From the noun Brooch (“fallow”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʀoːχ/

Adjective

brooch (masculine broochen, neuter broocht, comparative méi brooch, superlative am broochsten)

  1. fallow

Declension
declension of brooch
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass brooch si ass brooch et ass brooch si si(nn) brooch
nominative /
accusative		 attributive and/or after determiner broochen brooch broocht brooch
independent without determiner brooches broocher
dative after any declined word broochen broocher broochen broochen
as first declined word broochem broochem

Derived terms
  • broochleeën
  • broochleien
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